Tuesday, August 30, 2016

I just got some awesome shaker bits from Queen and Co and I just couldn't wait to use them!

I also got this shaker card kit, so it was super easy to make this card!

I used Lawn Fawn's Loveable Ledgends and chose the Nessie, she is just to cute! I colored her with copic markers and die cut her out. I also did the same with her party hat. They both got some white accents with a jelly roll pen and some glitter stickles.

I added color to the top panel with some distress ink, just to give it that underwater color. I also stamped on some bubbles.

I tried to get an ombre effect with my shaker bits so I used only blue at the bottom and incorporated clear/silver as I moved up, using only clear/silver at the top. I think it turned out great!

I printed her out on watercolor paper and gave the image the watercolor look using Distress Inks and a water brush. It is a really easy technique and looks great!

I used CDD Stiched in Circle dies on the image and used CDD Banner dies to cut the purple panel. I used a VersaMark pen on the star and heat embossed it with Platinum embossing powder. I couldn't call my card finished without adding some glitter enamel dots!

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Normally I try to explain what I am doing and spend way to much time editing my video so I am trying something new with my plan with me video. I simply filmed it as I did it and will add either a voice over or a caption if there is something that needs said. Hopefully this will make it easier for me and make me want to continue to do videos! We will see. . . .

I also was against using stickers in my planner, and I think I need to clarify. I am against putting a sticker on every inch of my planner, sticker squares. I guess I am a "white space" planner. I am ok with using decorative stickers. This weeks spread I stamped on label paper, colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and die cut them out, creating my very own stickers! This was fun and since I am trying to free up a little more space to stamp in my planner, I am positive I will continue to do this when I can.

Friday, August 12, 2016

I used a black base panel so that my colors would pop, I used this cute girly monster from YNS Silly Monsters 2. I colored with Prismacolor Colored Pencils and die cut her out. I also added some sparkly gumdrops, Oh man I addicted to these! I just want them all and I want to put them on everything!!!!!!

First I stamped the hands on white card stock. I used a masking pen to be able to stamp the churros to make it like they were being held. I colored the churros with a brown Wink of Stella pen, going over every other line twice to make those ones darker. I used this shaker from a Lawn Fawn set and also colored it with a brown Wink of Stella pen, so it's a cinnamon shaker!

I used a random alphabet set for my sentiment, I used a versa mark pen and wrote cinnamon and then heat embossed it with liquid platinum powder. I was going to remove the excess powder that got on my other words but then I figured I would leave it, kinda like cinnamon getting all over.

Normally I leave the insides of my cards blank but the stamp had this adorable saying! I die cut a white panel and stamped it so I could add it to the inside.

I stamped and die cut the pencil, crayon and glue from the Beyond Measure set and colored them with prismacolor colored pencils. My base panel is a pice of chalkboard paper, I white heat embossed the A+ to look like chalk writing. I placed a piece of alphabet washi tape on the base panel so that it would show through at the top portion of the shaker window. I die cut the red flag with a circle cut out for the shaker window and used a mixture of CDD sequins.